I've had a dream that has constatly reoccured since childhood as long as I've remembered. . .
     A bright, blue sunny day with an ocean of cumulus clouds spiraling above me as I'm standing at the edge of a tall red cliff, similar to the Grand Canyon. All of my loved ones are huddled together and
standing at least twenty feet behind me in silence, worried and enticipating for something spontaneous to occur. As I stand on the edge, I constantly switch from looking at my friends and family to staring at the long drop below my feet. As I take one last glance at my loved ones, I fall back on purpose in to the deep abyss. I close my eyes as I fall, but when I open my eyes, I begin to see myself in third person. It constantly changes between the two scenes with occasional views of my loved ones watching me fall down the cliff, and they continue to fade farthur away. Before my dream ends, I continue falling down this endless abyss, pressure against my body begins to rise, as if I'm almost reaching rock bottom, I begin to lose light, and I wake up.
     I have read dream books before and dreams of falling are pretty common. One of the books I've read says to continue dreaming until I stop falling; to see what's at the bottom of the abyss. Whatever is waiting for me at the bottom reflects my life, and it can either be comforting or confronting. I have never hit rock bottom and I feel as if the reason for that is I know I'm dreaming, I know I can get out of this startling situation, and my first instinct is to not die. Hitting rock bottom may result to death and that would not be nice to wake up to. . . Especially because this dream has occured often as I was growing up.
     I've also read the other day that falling dreams could happen during transitions in life, which may explain why I've had this dream at different points in my life. It can also mean that I'm "jumping in to something new."
     I actually almost don't care what it means (to be honest). It just needs to stop haunting me and reocurring so I can sleep in peace.